Again...two-thirds of those who responded to the survey went and fought in Iraq or Afghanistan. Those are the people who put on the uniform. That gives them far more credibility than you'll ever have. Those are the people you're insulting!
What makes a poll "pantywaist"? Oh, that's right...you don't agree with it so it can't possibly represent the views of real Americans!
You're just one of those fools who thinks that anyone who dares to disagree with your delusional point of view must be some un-american pinko commie. Way to go Archie Bunker! Fact is, they're far more American and far more patriotic than you'll ever be - no matter how much you try to symbolically wrap yourself in the flag.
If you haven't run into anyone in uniform who has problems with the war in Iraq, then you don't know very many people in the military -- or they're just feeding you the line of crap that you want to hear. Fact is, if you really know the men and women who've been over there...and really talk to them, then it won't take long for you realize what a cluster #### it's been for quite some time.
BTW, I'm sure the poll's 66-percent represents a whole lot more people than your "100-percent."
I speak on a daily basis with MANY returning vets, as well as my daughter, who is currently awaiting orders quite possibly to the sandbox. There are SOME who do not agree with the way the war is being administered, but their PRIMARY complaint about it is not that they disagree with the war in principle, but rather in the way politics back home prohibits them from fighting the war the way they know how.
MANY years ago, I was in a pub having an adult beverage or two swapping war stories with this "salty" old grunt. He had spent many tours fighting a terrorist style war, and had this to say. " This war will never be won until the politicians get out of the way, and let us soldiers on the ground fight the way we were trained and know how to fight it!" Ironically, this wasnt a US soldier talking about Viet Nam or the middle east. He was a member of the Royal Regiment of Wales, and was speaking about his tours fighting terrorism in Northern Ireland. It would seem some problems involved in mixing politics and warfighting are universal. It would also seem we dont learn a DAMN thing from history. The US military did not lose a SINGLE major battle in the ENTIRE 11 years we fought in Viet Nam. Its odd how the people who are so quick to compare the two conflicts completely miss the most GLARING similarity. That of a power hungry opposition media, willing to sacrifice as many American lives as it takes, to further their own political agenda. The Big Media celebrity teleprompter readers of today, who speak with almost unrestrained glee of the 3000th American Warrior killed in Iraq, are the same colledge juornalism punks who spat on our troops in Viet Nam. THAT is the inarguable bare bones truth behind ANY attempt to compare Iraq with Viet Nam.
As to this poll, I would have to question what units they polled, what branch of service, at what time, what MOS's were asked what, how the questions were phrased, what ranks the responders where, and any of a thousand other factors any good marketing or PR hack could use to sway a response to support his or her agenda. Nothing new, been going on since they invented polls.
Even the US military, as honorable as it is, contains its 10 percenters. Every NCO knows EXACTLY who they are, as does any knowledgeable REMF reporter for the Times. It aint that hard to single out these individuals for interviews, polling, and as FALSE examples of typical troop attitudes.
